Did the “Sony Nexus X” just leak out? Keep in mind these things can be easily faked, but someone just uploaded a pair of pics of an unknown Sony smartphone to Picasa and tagged them “Nexus X”. We already know that a LG Nexus is in the works, but persistent rumors have suggested we could see multiple Nexus devices, including one from Sony.

Just this weekend we Photoshopped a picture of the LG Nexus to match a description from a hands-on report, and already that image is being spread around the web as a real device. Even when things are clearly marked as fake, they sometimes get passed around as real.

Check out the high-res images below and let us know what you think. Is the Sony Nexus X fake or real? And if it turns out to be real, would you buy this over the LG Nexus?

Update: Our Photoshop expert Clark says these images are faked. “When you zoom way in, you can see a halo around Google.”

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A Nexus phone from Samsung will be released…they are calling it Nexus Prime in Samsung HQ,and from what i’ve heard it’ll be awesome..a friend of mine works in the Google team of Samsung,which actually works with Google about the changes made in Android Code..

yeah i know..maybe they are calling all their Nexus devices Nexus Prime before release..who knows?i just know we had a chat last month, and he mentioned about it..that’s all..i’m sorry but i have nothing to add..

Another androidandme fail. Epic fail. Its enough, what an unreliable website waste this is. Another huhuhuhu RUMOR hohohohho spread by androidandme that explodes into a million pieces of glittery magic. Androidandme, dont you realize that everybody in the business is laughing about you?

It almost sounds like HTC strategists have suddenly gone crazy/dumb or else (CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT!!) their team been sabotaged/compromised by one of their competitors(wink! wink!). Coz there is no way that a company like HTC, with such an ardent fan following literally telling them on multiple forums about what exactly they want, can still come up with devices with not the most optimal specs. So if you’re reading this HTC, this is the Nexus Superphone specs we want :
HTC One X build quality, 5â€³ 1080p full hd screen, Snapdragon S4 Pro, 2GB RAM, 32GB ROM minimum, 3000 mah battery minimum.

**Sorry for double posting but I originally meant to post it as a reply to Taylor. You can delete my other (duplicate) post.

What?! Seriously, would people stop saying this “avoid Verizon” garbage? Some of us have no choice but verizon as our carrier when it comes to coverage quality and speed. How does offering it on Verizon hurt anyone else? Until the Note 2 comes out, it’s still the only Verizon phone with Jelly Bean.

I understand people don’t want to wait the extra 8-10 weeks. You’ll still have the gsm version for you. Others of us with a bit more patience gladly trade the bit if a wait for better coverage. So please just stop advocating for less openness and choice. This is android right?

As long as they don’t demand an exclusive, they might get one. Even then, it’s a stretch – VZW has shown time and time again that they are not interested in giving customers the ability to unlock their devices, or run them with any software builds they don’t tinker with. While they have gotten better since the days of the WP6 devices that were so crapped out that they were barely usable, they still demand more control over their devices than any other carrier – this is the reason they don’t carry a WP7 device, and it’s why there isn’t likely to be another Nexus there.

The verizon galaxy nexus has a fully unlocked bootloader. And if you want the latest os really bad you can have it and its fully functional. The software differs very little from the gsm software. I had jellybean on my verizon nexus the day it came out.

Hells to the yes I’d buy this over the LG for the branding alone. My first cell phone what a Sony Ericsson T610. And since Android has come out I’ve wanted to get one of Sony’s devices, but have never had the opportunity on T-Mo. Super excited at the prospect of them doing a Nexus device. It could take me from my HTC loyalty that I’ve had with Android so far.

I think I was wrong – Clark schooled me and pointed out that the artifacting around the logos is different (and in the shape of a selection that’s made with hard edges around the Sony logo), so it likely is fake. Who knows, though.

I don’t know if it’s me but if you look under the messaging app you will see a white dot that looks to be part of the navigation bar. I zoomed in and its pretty close to either being on the edge or inside the nav bar. thoughts?

Why not a fake AND a true news?
I mean, if the guy has a Nexus X prototype whith no logo on the back, and wants to show off, he will probably add a fake logo?
Also, if its a fake, where does this phone come from? I don’t recon any Sony model like this one (but may ba missing the point).

I’ve been hoping for a Sony Nexus for quite some time, but the design of the back is not appealing at all. Hopefully this was an early prototype and has since changed. I’m happy to not see a chrome bezel though.

I would buy that. I would love to get my hands on a real replacement for my OG Droid – a 4″ 720p screen, sliding QWERTY and decent OEM dock accessories running stock Android would be the perfect phone as far as I am concerned. Throw in RAZR MAXX battery life and it would surpass every other phone on the market in every way.

It almost sounds like HTC strategists have suddenly gone crazy/dumb or else (CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT!!) their team been sabotaged/compromised by one of their competitors(wink! wink!). Coz there is no way that a company like HTC, with such an ardent fan following literally telling them on multiple forums about what exactly they want, can still come up with devices with not the most optimal specs. So if you’re reading this HTC, this is the Nexus Superphone specs we want :
HTC One X build quality, 5″ 1080p full hd screen, Snapdragon S4 Pro, 2GB RAM, 32GB ROM minimum, 3000 mah battery minimum.

If this is in fact faked its also a pretty poor fake. I did see that Halo effect when I zoomed in as well, then I fixed it so it was not perceptible in about 30 seconds. I may work for a printing company but I am far from a Photoshop expert, so if I could fix it then who ever made this fake should have easily done the same or much better.

I think that Sony should come out with a Nexus device. They have done a lot for the Android community in terms of being open and having their devices be easily accessible to devs and the like. If they do make one, they should call it the Xperia Nexus.